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That's a later one, isn't it? I recall a legal issue with someone (for some reason the name "Brown Boveri Corporation" springs to mind, with apologies to their legal team if it wasn't them) that meant they had to stop writing "BBC" on it.
I recall selling those Cumana disk drives for those machines, and I think they did them for some others as well. Isn't it a 5.25" drive, though, rather than an 8" one?
I recall selling those Cumana disk drives for those machines, and I think they did them for some others as well. Isn't it a 5.25" drive, though, rather than an 8" one?
droopsnoot said:
That's a later one, isn't it? I recall a legal issue with someone (for some reason the name "Brown Boveri Corporation" springs to mind, with apologies to their legal team if it wasn't them) that meant they had to stop writing "BBC" on it.
I recall selling those Cumana disk drives for those machines, and I think they did them for some others as well. Isn't it a 5.25" drive, though, rather than an 8" one?
I think it’s an 8 inch drive, I could be wrong though. It’s either 8 or 5 and a quarter. That is one of the earliest BBC B 32K computers, the later ones had a staggering 64, or 128K, and had a ‘step’ or ridge as you got above the keyboard. There was a ZX81 and a Spectrum in his house somewhere at one point as well.I recall selling those Cumana disk drives for those machines, and I think they did them for some others as well. Isn't it a 5.25" drive, though, rather than an 8" one?
GOATever said:
cobra kid said:
Any joy??
Unfortunately the PCBs and power supply are pretty much toast, otherwise I’d have had some fun with the crappy old programmes on the crappy old 8 inch floppys I unearthed at the same time.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnkHdvjtBmA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMG_StQ67kA
silobass said:
That's a blast from the past. Used them at school many moons ago.
Likewise. We had one - (for the whole school!) when I was in my last year of primary. Which was '85. My secondary was much more sophisticated, they had a dedicated computer room with about 8 Model Bs.
When the Archimedes came out they got a couple, and they seemed like HAL compared to the Model Bs !
My dad gave two BBC computers to our primary school. No idea why he had two or why we didn't keep one. Or why I was dragged round to someone's house to see a ZX81 I was supposed to be impressed by. 
I don't really remember using computers until he had one of these:
All I used it for was a game that I hated called Burnin Rubber. I'm annoyed just thinking about how irritating that game was.
I don't really remember using computers until he had one of these:
All I used it for was a game that I hated called Burnin Rubber. I'm annoyed just thinking about how irritating that game was.
768 said:
I flew Harriers, Spitfires, the space shuttle, a 747, and various spacecraft ( Elite ) I used to get loads of money by running narcotics, then shooting the police space craft, and disappearing into witchspace to shoot hexagon shaped spaceships. Those were the days alright 
When I put my green screen Amstrad in the loft it worked, in its original box as well. Took it down last year to show our son, didnt work, gremlins or wot!
The VIC20 still works though, lovely keyboard. Came out in 82, think I paid tad under £400 for it in Dixon. I learnt BASIC programming on that.
The VIC20 still works though, lovely keyboard. Came out in 82, think I paid tad under £400 for it in Dixon. I learnt BASIC programming on that.
my first computer was an Acorn Atom - bought in KIT form, it had 12k of memory - great keyboard, but the rest of it was pants - kept overheating lol
Moved on to a BBC Model B with speech synthesis - then lost interest in computers for a while as they were basically crapola
30 years later, my phone (like everyone else's) has more computing power than the first space-shuttles had lol
Where will things be in 30 years time, I wonder?
Moved on to a BBC Model B with speech synthesis - then lost interest in computers for a while as they were basically crapola
30 years later, my phone (like everyone else's) has more computing power than the first space-shuttles had lol
Where will things be in 30 years time, I wonder?
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